I have completed my first cut at 5.2.8.6 and uploaded lupu and lupuplus for testing. Rather than use only "stable" packages, I collected many of the latest versions of puppy programs, primarily from shinobar, zigbert, don570 and default backgrounds by futwerk. Although there is some risk in that approach, I find no problems yet. All of the lupus now have the same level of infrastructure updates. The only difference between lupu and lupuplus are the additional networking drivers in lupuplus.

Please report any issues you discover and make recommendations of other updated versions of programs already in lupu.

My goal is to eventually provide disk images (ISOs) for all of the variants of 528, including 3HD and a lupuplus with a zdrv file that reduces the lupu_528 SFS file to fit into 256M of RAM. I would also like to make a version of that for the AMD K6 processors, if that is possible.

For now, though, let's round up new versions of programs, to bring 5.2.8.6 as "up to date" as we can. Thanks for any help with this.

UPDATE 9/17/2013:
Having discovered that the intended version of ffmpeg was not in the ISO files, I restored it by removing the "Pmusic_Upgrade-Lucid528-005" package because it is already part of Lucid528-005 and used an older version of ffmpeg. The uploaded ISO files are labeled "20130917". Please use the new files if you are testing with multimedia.

UPDATE 9/21/2013:
I have uploaded new versions of the ISO files and changed the package list:
- Removed pburn_NLS because it is not for operations.
- Added the following packages:

UPDATE 9/30/2013:
I have uploaded a new set of disk image ISO files, all labeled as version 20130930. All of those images function identically, the main differences being the characteristics of the intended target machines. I have changed the meaning of some of the names:

UPDATE 12/21/2013:
Uploaded lupu disk image ISO files 20131221 for all lupu versions, including 4 "super lupus" that use various 3.x kernels obtained from other puppy projects, to extend the scope of supported hardware and support xz compression.

UPDATES 3/10/2014 and 3/21/2014:
Uploaded a preview version of the next lupu-5.2.8.6 as a "20140309-beta", because of changes needing some testing before I commit to the entire set of lupu/sulus. Then uploaded the 20140321 set with the addition of updated HP printer support and other updates (marked as "added in 2014).
Additions to architecture "delta" package:

- /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/gr - Returned "basic" to top because "bare" was being loaded by default; added support for dead_psili and dead_dasia to polytonic variant.
- /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/jp - 130827 Remove second definition for 'print' key.
- /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/pc - 130827 Remove second definitions for 'print' & 'break' keys.

- To decode base64 e-mail attachments encoded by mimencode, only mimencode can detect the type of encoding in the file.

- /usr/bin/mimencode: file copied from slacko puppy.

- When running pppoe-setup and specifying neither specific nameservers or "server", nameservers are not prevented from being obtained from the ISP server, because 'usepeerdns' is always used and cannot be overridden.

UPDATE 11/24/2014 & 12/3/2014:
Uploaded a preview version of the next lupu-5.2.8.6, now designated as 5.2.8.7, as "20141124-beta", because of the many updated packages -- particularly for networking -- and because it's been 8 months since the last version. Then uploaded final version as 5.2.8.7-20141203. Additions to architecture "delta" package:

UPDATE 4/24/2015:
Uploaded disk image ISO files of 20150423-beta for lupumini and lupusuper2 for user/tester verification that there is no regression and that the updated features work as expected. The main upgrades are to the shutdown process and the petget package manager, as well as fixes to annoying frisbee-1.3 bugs.

UPDATE 5/22/2015:
After uploading a second beta, 20150517, uploaded disk image ISO files of 20150520 for all of the "lupus" (kernel 2.6.33.2) and lupusuper2 as the prospective "final" version for 2015. The main upgrade since 20150423 is to the configuration of the open source graphics drivers -- the unblacklisting of nouveau and upgrades of Xorg drivers nv and radeon to the last versions for lucid lynx.

Additions to architecture "delta" package:

- /usr/local/apps/Connect/AppRun: Corrected to support frisbee so that the network_tray menu entry "enable/disable (wireless) networking" works with frisbee.
- /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf, nouveau.conf, radeon.conf: Updated or added for those open source drivers to ensure fbcon also loaded but set/leave default KMS modeset setting (0 for nouveau, hardware default for i915 & radeon).
- /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG: Removed "nouveau" from default blacklist.
- /etc/udev/rules.d/00-i915_modeset.rules: Removed i915 rule, to rely on permanent i915.conf using hardware default, expecting separate files for setting modeset=0.
- /etc/xdg/menus/puppy-multimedia.menu: Added category to match change for pburn (X-Multimedia-optical).
- /bin/tar: Replaced with version from Precise Pup, to support new "--warning" parameter used for a new "deb" archive.
- /usr/share/misc/pci.ids: Replaced with current version.

UPDATE 6/13/2015:
Began uploading new set of ISO files that (1) correct interaction between frisbee and network_tray, (2) update dillo to support ssl (https://), (3) update geany text editor and make miscellaneous corrections.

One possible issue.
Gparted could really use an update. It is up to version 0.16.1
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted_________________I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
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peebee,
Thanks for your suggestions. The wl driver is already in the lupuplus image, from lupuplus-528-005-1, part of the extended set of wireless drivers. It was never added to the original lupu-528.005.

I have just now downloaded shinobar's sfs_load-1.9.9 and will add it to the next version of the images, from http://shino.pos.to/linux/puppy/, in case you want to download & test it right away (as I have no experience with it).

Fixing the touchpad support seems like a worthy task. But I am going to need assistance in tracking down the piece to update. What do you and anyone else reading this know about the touchpad support? As I recall, my netbook touchpad worked well with lupuplus, after I adjusted some settings. What sort of problem did you have with lupu and touchpads?
Richard

On bootup of 5.2.8.6 my Synaptics touchpad "scrollbar" is disabled - when FlSynclient is run it detects the touchpad but puts up a message to say that an X-restart is needed - after X-restart the touchpad cursor movement reacts very sluggishly until FlSynclient is run again and the parameters are tweaked.

All of this seems to fully automatic in all the current Pups - Precise, Slacko, Upup etc. with a fully working and properly configured touchpad on initial boot.

Whether just an updated FlSynclient is needed or something else as well I'm not sure - maybe 01Micko could remember what changed?

[later] On further investigation it looks like a later version of Xorg would be needed to fix the touchpad problem - Precise has 1.11.3 whereas Lucid has 1.7.6....would guess this is a change too far for this exercise.

On bootup of 5.2.8.6 my Synaptics touchpad "scrollbar" is disabled - when FlSynclient is run it detects the touchpad but puts up a message to say that an X-restart is needed - after X-restart the touchpad cursor movement reacts very sluggishly until FlSynclient is run again and the parameters are tweaked.

All of this seems to fully automatic in all the current Pups - Precise, Slacko, Upup etc. with a fully working and properly configured touchpad on initial boot.

Whether just an updated FlSynclient is needed or something else as well I'm not sure - maybe 01Micko could remember what changed?

[later] On further investigation it looks like a later version of Xorg would be needed to fix the touchpad problem - Precise has 1.11.3 whereas Lucid has 1.7.6....would guess this is a change too far for this exercise.

Those are good pointers as to where to look. Since both are executables, the next-best thing is to check the scripts that interface to them (synclient & xorgwizard/xwin). I can compare the precise and lucid versions to look for anything related to touchpads that has changed. We might try substituting the precise version of flsyclient, but Xorg seems too risky to upgrade.

BTW: While assembling the disk images I found that several scripts were missing, causing networking and frisbee to fail. I added those and some others as the package, lupu_5.2.8.6-delta-20130916, and included it. I also attached that package to the original posting of the upgrade packages. So, anyone encountering problems following installation of those packages should now install the delta package, as well. The posting is here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=714562#714562

One more thing: Is anyone interested in adding internationalization to support any of the new packages. If so, please instruct me as to which further (NLS?) packages to include. I am not at all sure internationalization even works in lupu, so this may be infeasible. But I would like to know, one way or the other.
Richard

I intend to maintain the list at the top pf this page to describe the latest version (by date) of the set of image files. All variants of lupu will have the same set of updates. The "plus" versions contain additional wifi and analog modem drivers but are otherwise identical to the "lupu" version in content.

After the "dust settles" on what gets included, my plan is to start a new thread for "5.2.8.6" to support further contributions to it. So, let's bring this as up-to-date as we know how, to minimize the need for further additions.

peebee,
Flsynclient is the same in both precise and lupu. One package that precise has that is absent from lupu is this:
ftp://ftp.linux.hr/puppylinux/pet_packages-5/synclient-0.14.6.pet
which puts a "synclient" file in /usr/X11/bin, in addition to the one of the same name in /usr/bin. Could you install that to see if it makes a difference? I doubt that it will, but let's rule that out, anyway.

The remaining thing to try is to copy the precise version of /usr/bin/synclient into lupu, replacing the link to the synclient .sh and .bin files.
Richard

The new upload contains some minor additions, one marginally nice and the other probably very useful.

- For USB dialup wireline modems, the dgcmodem driver provides the modem sounds for those that support it. I added it because they are already supported by the cdc-acm driver but are silent in the non-plus versions of lupu.

- For LibreOffice, I built the latest (4.1.1) using 01micko's latest get_libreoffice utility (in the Document submenu). (Note that a full gigabyte of free space is required in the home partition for the process to complete; so not everybody can upgrade their own libreoffice SFS file.) Using the libreoffice file, you can add it to either of the Iupu installations with the BootManager or the Load-SFS-on-the-Fly. Whenever libreoffice is present, it will be the default "draw", "calc" and "write" application. I plan to also create a full lupupluslibre ISO and a new "low-RAM" version of it containing the SFS file and a "Z-drive" SFS file for the drivers, so that puppy can load into 256MB RAM. The latter may require extra installation steps that we can work out.

- I also added the latest versions of the rest of zigbert's "P" tools.

For now, I have added all upgrades I am aware of, so please tell me of any further programs I should add to 5.2.8.6.
Richard

Gparted could really use an update. It is up to version 0.16.2
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted_________________I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected

Just to add to this.
Luci 529,THD is the only distro that enabled the tap pad on my netbook from boot.
All the recent ones slackos, precises do not have the tap pad working.
I have had to fix it each time by editing the flsynclient script and throwing into root.
Forgotten which it is but one of these is the culprit. Easy fix though, but a pain when you first struggle with Puppy Linux.

One package that precise has that is absent from lupu is this:
ftp://ftp.linux.hr/puppylinux/pet_packages-5/synclient-0.14.6.pet
which puts a "synclient" file in /usr/X11/bin, in addition to the one of the same name in /usr/bin. Could you install that to see if it makes a difference? I doubt that it will, but let's rule that out, anyway.

I,m pretty sure the culprit for flsynclient settings not working after save file is first used is due to ~/Startup/load-tochpad-settings script.

I tested 5.2.8.6 yesterday and found flsynclient not persistent. I used the live USB I set up for Mom's web surfing ( I hate doing all the security sweeps for XP and Puppy turned on wireless that XP couldn't.) I used to manually edit xorg.conf to enable tapping and left-right scrolling,not fun.

I commented out lines 2&3 in load-touchpad-settings in the savefile. Shutdown the laptop, then restarted and everything from ~/.flsynclient appeared in the gui when I started Flsynclient from the menu.

I did unsquashfs/mksquashfs on lupu-5.2.8.sfs. I will test tonight when I get home from work.

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